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The radio program for people who love to eat, The Splendid Table explores everything about food: the culture, the science, the history, the back stories and the deeper meanings that come together every time people sit down to enjoy a meal.
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The Splendid Table

The radio program for people who love to eat, The Splendid Table explores everything about food: the culture, the science, the history, the back stories and the deeper meanings that come together every time people sit down to enjoy a meal.

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Kylie Westerbeck (left) and Kristie Ecke as the daughters of Lydie Breeze in EgoPo Classic Theater's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Madaket Road,’ the last of a robust trilogy, from EgoPo Classic Theater

John Guare's "Lydie Breeze Trilogy," about a Civil War nurse and the men she draws into her life's adventures, comes to an end.

6 days ago

Mary Pat Walsh (shown) gives a hug to Katie Stahl in the Irish Heritage Theatre production of
Shapiro on Theater
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‘The Women of Ireland’: Who are they? — from Irish Heritage Theatre

Five short plays — three of them super-short plays — and a mystifying title for their grouping.

1 week ago

In Quintessence Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
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A ‘Wild Duck’ driven by the females, from Quintessence Theatre

At Quintessence Theatre, the females in the cast seize the production by the sheer dint of their acting.

1 week ago

Colleen Hughes in the one-woman play
Shapiro on Theater
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‘Magdalene’ and the modern woman, from Tribe of Fools

The character we see on stage is Mary Magdalene. And more.

2 weeks ago

Cast of 'V to X'
Shapiro on Theater
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‘V to X’ at the Arden an education in the inhumanity, inequity of mass incarceration

This brutal look at a life spent languishing in a privately operated "correctional facility" comes from theater artist Kash Goins.

2 weeks ago

Kimberly S. Fairbanks and Joe Guzmàn in InterAct Theatre Company's
Shapiro on Theater
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A bristling clash of cultures in InterAct Theatre’s ‘Human Rites’

Plays like “Human Rites” – thoughtfully written and thought-provoking -- are what keep a lot of people, myself included, eagerly going to the theater.

3 weeks ago

Ruby Wolf and Peter DeLaurier in Lantern Theater Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
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In ‘The Tempest’ at Lantern, the magic’s in the text

Shakespeare's words, with solid acting and not a lot of stage glitz.

4 weeks ago

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The cast of Walnut Street Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
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‘Noises Off’ at the Walnut, and the notion of stylish slapstick

In Michael Frayn's play about an inept bunch of actors and the show they perform, the shtick flies.

4 weeks ago

Ben Beckley (left) and  Edward Chin-Lyn in the Ars Nova production of
Shapiro on Theater
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‘Small Mouth Sounds’ and big silent statements, at Philadelphia Theatre Company

In this send-up of spiritual retreats, just about everything speaks louder than words.

1 month ago

Ed Swidey (foreground) and Charlie DelMarcelle in EgoPo Classic Theater's production of
Shapiro on Theater
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In ‘Aipotu,’ utopia goes awry at EgoPo Classic Theater

In the surprising second part of the 'Lydie Breeze' trilogy of plays by John Guare, the Civil War is over and a highly uncivil one begins.

1 month ago

Jasmine Ward (front) as Pecola  and Nicolette Lynch in the background, in
Shapiro on Theater
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A robust stage version of ‘The Bluest Eye’ at Arden Theatre

Grade-school characters tell a story about being black and poor in the '40s, adapted from Toni Morrison's novel.

1 month ago

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Shapiro on Theater
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‘Something Rotten!’ Not so, in its national tour at the Academy of Music

How was the first musical conceived? Don't look here for the answer.

2 months ago

Azuka Theatre’s production of
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Five kids and a crisis in Azuka Theatre’s ‘Ready Steady Yeti Go’

In a new play about middle-schoolers, a hate crime changes everything.

2 months ago

In Curio Theatre Company's production of 's
Shapiro on Theater
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Curio Theatre’s ‘Marie Antoinette’: Is anybody in there?

In David Adjmi's play about the queen, the persona is all there, but the person's hard to find.

2 months ago

In the Inis Nua Theatre Company production
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‘Love, Lies and Taxidermy’ plus fantasy (sort of) from Inis Nua Theatre Company

A boy, a girl, a breathless narrative.

2 months ago

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